International Board

Dr David Noguera worked as a general practitioner in Girona, before going to the field with MSF for the first time in 2001 as part of a mission caring for migrant populations in the Canary Islands. Since then David's work with MSF has taken him to Somalia, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Angola, Zambia, India, Timor, Guinea-Bissau, Tunisia, Libya, Ethiopia and South Sudan. David joined the Emergency Unit in 2006, first as an emergency coordinator and then as head of the unit. He has extensive experience in emergencies, and has worked in a variety of contexts, from nutritional crises to epidemic outbreaks. Founder of ReAcció Humanitària, an organisation that seeks to increase social knowledge on humanitarian crises and NGO's response, he has worked for institutions like the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) and organisations such as the Red Cross. He has been the president of MSF Spain since October 2016.

Yvan Legris joined the International Board as Treasurer in January 2017. Prior to joining MSF, he spent over 30 years at HR Consulting firm Aon Hewitt where he became the global Chief Executive of the consulting division in 2012. Yvan is an actuary by profession and has been pursuing a Masters in Humanitarian Action at the CERAH since September 2016. He has been a volunteer advisor on HR projects to the MSF International Office since April 2016. He lives in London and was born in Mauritius.

Rachel Kiddell-Monroe is a lawyer and an activist, specialising in global health, governance and bioethics. Joining MSF in 1992, Rachel spent five years in the field as head of mission in Djibouti, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. She also spent four years in Latin America heading a regional humanitarian affairs initiative. Between assignments, Rachel has taken on a variety of programme, advocacy and policy roles with MSF, including Director of the Access Campaign in Canada between 2003 and 2007. Rachel is currently President of the Board of Directors of the international advocacy group Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, and has consulted for a number of health organisations internationally. Rachel was first elected to the International Board in June 2013, and relected for a second term in 2016. Rachel was reelected to the International Board during the 2016 IGA.

Áine Markham trained as a general and paediatric nurse in Ireland. She worked with MSF in the field between 1994 and 1998, before moving to the headquarters in Brussels where she held the position of Operational Coordinator and later Director of Operations. In 2004, she became an independent consultant, a move that coincided with her living in Ghana and Bolivia. Since returning to Belgium in 2011, she has worked with a number of international NGOs, Foundations and Academic Institutions on different public health issues. In 2014, Áine was elected to the board of MSF Belgium.

Tejshri Shah (Tish) trained as a paediatrician in the UK and specialises in infectious diseases. She has been involved with MSF since 1999, initially as a physician and then project and medical coordinator in the field. She later worked as a health advisor in Amsterdam, before becoming Head of the Manson Unit in London. In 2010, Tish returned to clinical practice in London but undertook a short mission to Sierra Leone for MSF during the Ebola crisis. She was elected to the MSF UK board in 2015, and was named OCA Council Chair in September 2016. She balances her MSF obligations with her clinical work.

Dr Bertrand Draguez first worked for MSF in 2000, as a general practitioner in East Timor. Since then, he has worked as a doctor in Angola and South Sudan, as a field coordinator in Afghanistan, and as a medical coordinator in Democratic Republic of Congo and Côte d'Ivoire. From 2005 to 2008, Bertrand held the post of medical officer of the MSF unit in Brussels covering the Great Lakes region of Africa. In 2008, he was appointed as Medical Director of MSF's operational directorate in Brussels. Bertrand was elected president of MSF Belgium in 2016.

Reveka Papadopoulou started working with MSF in 1995 in Armenia and after missions in Palestine, Liberia, ex-Yugoslavia, Honduras she took the position of Liaison for the Access Campaign in 2003, before working as Deputy Programme Manager and Programme Manager in Geneva. Reveka spent four years, from 2008 to 2012, as General Director of MSF Greece before returning to the field. She was first elected to the International Board in 2014, and elected President of MSF Switzerland/OCG in 2017.

Andrew Cunningham is based in London and works as an independent consultant focussing on research and analysis for the humanitarian sector. He began his humanitarian aid career in the mid-1990s in the Rwandan refugee camps in Tanzania. Before that, he worked in development in Burundi. After obtaining a Master’s of Science in Public Health, Andrew joined MSF in 1997 and worked in the field in a variety of countries and contexts until 2007, when he took a position in the Humanitarian Affairs Department at headquarters in Amsterdam. After leaving MSF in 2011 Andrew obtained a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London and began work as a consultant, working 50 per cent with MSF and the rest of the time with a variety of other humanitarian organisations. Andrew was elected to the International Board during the 2016 IGA.

Dr Tankred Stöbe first worked with MSF on a cross-border project in Thailand and Myanmar in 2002, joined the board of directors of the German section in 2004 and served as its president from 2007 to 2015. Recent MSF field work has included time in Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and the Philippines as a medical doctor, in South Sudan as an emergency coordinator and in Sierra Leone as an intensive care doctor. Tankred is specialised in internal and intensive care medicine, and currently works as a consultant at the Gemeinschaftskrankenhaus Havelhoehe in Berlin.

Dr Mégo Tarzian (full name Méguerditch Tarazian) joined MSF in 1994. He worked on short assignments as a translator for MSF in Nagorno-Karabakh, then as a hospital physician in Yerevan, Armenia, before working as a doctor in MSF programmes in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Iran and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1999. Mégo then went on to work as a ‘mobile’ coordinator in a number of countries, and as a coordinator of emergency programmes in Niger, Pakistan, Central African Republic and Jordan. Between 2005 and 2013 he was deputy and then head of emergency programmes at MSF's operational directorate in Paris. Mégo was elected President of MSF France in June 2013.

Ingrid Maria Johansen started working with MSF in 2007 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Subsequent missions, mainly as Project Coordinator, took her to the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Myanmar. Witnessing the plight of the Rohingya particularly shaped her view of the role of advocacy and the MSF Association. In 2015 Ingrid was elected to the Board of MSF Sweden. She was elected to the International Board in 2017. Prior to joining MSF Ingrid worked for the World Bank and various developmental NGOs. Ingrid currently works for an NGO that supports capacity building of parliaments in Africa. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics, a research master from the University of Oxford and an LLM (Master of law) focusing on international criminal law. Ingrid is based in Amsterdam.

Pete Buth’s involvement in responding to major humanitarian crises spans more than 20 years. His assignments with Cap Anamur (German Emergency Doctors) took him to Rwanda (during the 1994 genocide), Haiti and former Yugoslavia. He joined MSF in 1997 and worked as a logistician, project coordinator, and head of mission in Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Sudan. In 2003, he started working in headquarters, where his roles included operational director for Ethiopia, Russia/Chechnya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Sudan. He also carried out various assignments relating to policy issues and worked for the Emergency Desk. Between 2012 and 2016, he held the position of deputy director of operations for OCA. His responsibilities included overseeing Emergency Desk interventions, and planning MSF’s return to Somalia. Pete is currently a consultant for humanitarian practice, with a focus on access and security.